Rural fathers' experiences of loss in day-to-day life with chronically ILL children

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-27

  Peck, Blake ^a   Lillibridge, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronically ILL children; Fathers; Lived experience; Qualitative research; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951514626     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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